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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

This is our second time featuring Alix from Mamaka Mills (first time HERE). Alix does an amazing job creating custom memory quilts for families, and the stories are always amazing. This is no exception, here she made four separate and unique quilts, all in memory of one father. If you want to find out more about what Alix does stop by Mamaka Mills, check out her gallery and she even has tips and tutorials on creating your own memory quilts. Thanks Alix!

Today I finished a very special commission for a family in Ohio

in memory of their father, John.

John passed away and left his

three beautiful children and

his amazing wife, Becky.

Becky contacted me earlier this year to make 4 quilts for them

from his clothing so that the kids could have a piece of their dad

with them as they grow up.

Here are some of the finished pictures of their quilts!

Notice that all of the kids have different pantographs and border/backing fabrics.

This is a way the kids can have their different personalities visible in their own quilts while using the same quilting fabrics, which in this case is their father's clothing!

so lovely! I have made a quilt for my daughter with the flannel lining of her fathers coat. She got the quilt after her 3 year relation was broken off by the boyfriend. It's her comfort quilt. She has since moved on, no new boyfriend but she is happy.(ps: her father (my DH) is very much alive)

I'm working on a memory quilt also for a family. It is very difficult to work with the clothes, you want to do the right thing for the family, not waste any pieces, not make any mistakes. I love they way you put these together.